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Upper Lake mobile‑home residents urge supervisors to enact rent‑stabilization after Harmony Communities notice
Summary
Residents of Meadow Pointe mobile home park in Upper Lake asked the Lake County Board of Supervisors to adopt a rent‑stabilization ordinance after a management letter raised space rents as high as $950. Speakers said many park households are seniors on fixed incomes and risk eviction; county staff did not take immediate action.
Dozens of Meadow Pointe mobile‑home park residents told the Lake County Board of Supervisors on Sept. 23 they face sudden space‑rent increases and asked the board to complete a pending rent‑stabilization ordinance.
Residents said Harmony Communities, the park owner, recently mailed letters raising space rents and offering a $350 “credit account” that residents said will not prevent immediate hardship. Lisa Wiley, speaking for Meadow Pointe residents, described the board’s earlier draft ordinance as “beautiful” but said it has not yet been ratified and county residents had received notice their space rents would rise to $950 per month.
“Starting December 1, these people … are gonna have to pay something they can’t afford,” Wiley said. “Some of them make about $1,100 or possibly less on Social Security or SSI and who own their trailers … they’re now going to have most of their check going to a space rent.”
Other speakers described recent rent increases and said the…
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